Bio

J. Benjamin English brings clients a wealth of experience to help them evaluate strategic opportunities, think creatively, and manage risk while preserving opportunity. He works closely with company management to understand their business strategy and ensure that legal strategy supports it. Clients value his focus on teamwork and practical, cost-effective legal advice. Ben assists clients with relationships and transactions that contribute to the success of their businesses, such as private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and strategic partnerships for product development and distribution. He advises clients in structuring business entities, providing advice on business plans, capital structure, financing, shareholder agreements, employee compensation and benefits and intellectual property matters. He also advises clients on a wide variety of business succession strategies ranging from transition of management and ownership to the next generation in a family business to the sale of a company to a financial or strategic buyer. Ben frequently serves as outside general counsel to clients and serves as chair of the firm’s Outside General Counsel Practice Group.